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Lori Price: "Galapagos Islands on the Penguino Explorer", Jun, 2023, by Lori Price, OR, United States ( Reviewer 3 reports with 1 Helpful vote). Report 12470.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
Value for $$
Beginners
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Comments	The Penguino Explorer-by Aqua June 2023 We booked through PADI and under the name “M/Y Galapagos Aqua.” So, it was a little confusing at the Baltra airport to find the correct boat representative. Oniric was the name on the sign and the boat was the Penuino Explorer. No one ever explained why we were on the boat we had seen photos of but the name and operator had been changed. We traveled 7 nights in a large loop around the Galapagos starting with six dives on Darwin Arches to see the scalloped hammerheads. And, we saw plenty of them. The waters in the area have a steady and constant chop with multiple guests struggling with sea sickness during the longer transits. It was a good/varie ... Subscribe to get the full story. Active subscribers continue reading here
Websites	Lori Price
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	Sipidan, Maldives, Florida, Bonaire, La Paz, Indonesia, Cayman Islands, Curacao, Fiji, Barbados, St Thomas, Hawaii, Raja Ampat
Closest Airport	Baltra, Galapagos	Getting There	We flew into mainland Ecuador in Guayaquil for a week and then took domestic flights to Baltra where we were met by live aboard staff.
Dive Conditions
Weather	cloudy	Seas	choppy, currents
Water Temp	75-78°F / 24-26°C	Wetsuit Thickness	7
Water Visibility	20-60 Ft/ 6-18 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	No deco diving
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	None
Dolphins	Schools	Whale Sharks	1 or 2
Turtles	> 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	Bring a power strip to charge your batteries for your camera and underwater strobes. ... Subscribe to get the full story. Active subscribers continue reading here

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Dive Review of Lori Price in Galapagos Islands

Lori Price: "Galapagos Islands on the Penguino Explorer", Jun, 2023,

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Dive Review of Lori Price in
Galapagos Islands